Hotels
Green light for expansion of Banksideās Hilton hotel
Plans to add an extra 76 rooms to the Hilton London Bankside hotel have been approved by Southwark councillors.
Hotels
Plans to add an extra 76 rooms to the Hilton London Bankside hotel have been approved by Southwark councillors.
Food & drink
Plans to expand the riverside Founder's Arms pub near Tate Modern have been rejected by Southwark Council over concerns about noise nuisance to nearby residents.
Business
Amazon is expanding its chain of convenience food stores across London, and there are hints that one of the checkout-less shops could be coming soon to Bankside's Blue Fin Building.
Parks & green spaces
Local residents are being invited to comment on plans by Bankside Open Spaces Trust to further develop the Marlborough Sports Garden on Union Street.
Health
Tate Modern is one of the venues in South East London due to host a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic in July as part of a drive by local health bosses to encourage takeup of the jabs.
Bankside
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan declared Borough Market to be "the best market in the world" as he rang the bell to inaugurate the market's first regular Sunday trading day.
Food & drink
Borough Market bosses say they hope to recapture some of the atmosphere of its late 1990s market trading days by opening on Sunday mornings with a focus on ingredients to cook at home rather than street food for immediate consumption.
Bankside
A pair of 200-year-old bollards just off Southwark Bridge Road have been designated as grade II listed buildings.
Southwark
The Government has announced that it will open a temporary jobcentre in Blackfriars Road to help Southwark locals who have lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic find new employment.
Business
Southwark planners have vetoed Vodafone's proposal to reinstate a neon 3D rendition of the company's logo outside its offices in Great Suffolk Street.
Transport
Southwark Council has launched an online survey to gather views on a proposal to close Mermaid Court to through motor traffic.
Bankside
The Marlborough Sports Garden in Union Street has a new addition: a wallball court.
Business
Santander has announced the closure of its London Bridge branch in Southwark Street, with customers redirected to banks across the river or in Walworth.
Planning & Development
Plans by Transport for London to build a 17-storey office building above Southwark Underground Station have been approved by Southwark councillors.
Food & drink
A popular riverside pub could gain an extra floor under plans submitted to Southwark Council by Young's & Co.
Education
A new Southwark planning policy to protect the view of Tate Modern from the Millennium Bridge could deprive 500 students a year of affordable accommodation, according to the London School of Economics.
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